For a going after player, being contrasted with incredible Premier League forwards like Dennis Bergkamp and Robin van Persie is certainly not something terrible by any means.
Chelsea striker Cole Palmer was compared to both after his set of experiences making execution in Saturday’s 4-2 win against Brighton at Stamford Bridge.
The 22-year-old got each of the four goals, scoring them in the primary part of the game – whenever that first has at any point been finished in the Premier League.
Palmer additionally had one goal denied and hit the woodwork as Brighton couldn’t adapt to him.
“He has a touch of artfulness, Bergkamp, Van Persie about him, and they weren’t terrible in any way,” previous Britain and Arsenal forward Theo Walcott said after the game.
Bergkamp is a Premier League Hall of Famer a Arsenal extraordinary who scored 87 goals and added 94 aids 315 league games for the Gunners, bringing home three first class championships in 11 seasons.
His kindred Dutchman Van Persie featured for Arsenal in an eight-year stretch prior to winning the 2012-13 Premier League with Manchester United.
Walcott made explained he had been “dumbfounded” while seeing Palmer’s performance.
“He has developed into his own at Chelsea and he is the principal man,” said Walcott. “You can’t avoid him with regard to any group, and I’m discussing England as well.
“He is so gifted, he will have that amazement around him so players fear him. In the event that he proceeds with this way, he going to be a legend of the Premier League.”
Previous Manchester City defender Micah Richards told BBC Match of the Day: “When he scored 22 goals last season, we inquired: Might he at some point rehash it? We don’t discuss his development enough, the planning of his runs are splendid. All that he does is easy in the manner he makes it happen.
“As far as brains of footballers, he is so on top of things. A flat out satisfaction to watch. He has everything. At the point when you become the fundamental man, you are set apart by two individuals, however he actually conveys.”
Former England striker Gary Lineker, Match of the Day’s presenter, added: “Each time I see him, he blows my mind. A phenomenal footballer.
“Of the talented of capable players England have, he may be awesome of the part.”
The Blues player himself however, had his eyes on more.
Palmer told BBC Radio 5 Live: “Whenever I botched the primary opportunity I was vexed, yet the manner in which they played and how high the line was, we realized we would get more possibilities. I ought to have had five or six.
“I simply attempt and play each game the manner in which I can and ideally produce exhibitions like that.
“[Bergkamp] is a legend of the Premier League yet I didn’t actually watch him. He is a top player however thank you Theo [Walcott].”
The record-breaking Palmer Statistics
The Statistics for Palmer are gigantically noteworthy.
As well as turning into the primary player in Premier League history to score four goals in the first half of a game, he:
Scored the quickest ever hat-trick by a Chelsea player in the Premier League with three goals in nine minutes and 48 seconds.
Scored each of the four of his goals in a 19 minutes and 57 second first-half spell, with just Jermain Defoe scoring four goals quicker in the Premier League, for Tottenham against Wigan in 2009.
Is currently on three Premier League hat-trick since joining last season. That is the joint-most for Chelsea, close by Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Frank Lampard.
Has scored each of the 10 of his first 10 penalty for Chelsea, the longest such run for the club since Hasselbaink oversaw 12 from 12 without missing a solitary one, and just Yaya Toure with 11 out of his first 11 for Manchester City has scored more straight subsequent to joining a club.
Has been straightforwardly engaged with 43 goals (28 goals, 15 assists) the Premier League, more than some other player starting from the beginning of 2023-24.
is the 10th player to score four goals in at least two Premier League games, after Frank Lampard, Sergio Aguero, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Dimitar Berbatov, Yakubu, Andy Cole, Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler.
‘Ambitious And Hungry’ Palmer ‘Best In Premier League’
Chelsea have marked an enormous number of players as of late. Ostensibly their best piece of business was acquiring Palmer from Manchester City for £42.5m the last summer.
He scored 22 Premier League goals in his first season at Stamford Bridge and has six currently this term. No big surprise, then, at that point, that Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca was glad to be brought together with him.
The Italian, who was delegated in the mid year, recently worked with Palmer when he was a coach at Manchester City.
Maresca said: “What he was as a kid is precisely exact thing he was three or quite a while back. Goals, Assists, best player of the Premier League this doesn’t fundamentally have an impact on how he is. He’s a modest fellow and for me it’s overwhelmingly significant.”
The Chelsea manager added: “He scored four however he likewise might have scored a few more.
“It’s significant he remains eager and ambitious.”
There is surely no questioning Palmer’s yearning and after the success against Brighton he told Match of the Day: “I ought to have had five or six!
“Whenever I botched the principal opportunity I was disturbed, however with the manner in which they played and their high line I felt we’d get more possibilities.
“I attempt and play each game all that can be expected.”